AEK Athens F.C. Academy

Main article: AEK (sports club)

AEK Athens Football Club Academy

Full name	AEK Athens Football Club Academy
Founded	1934;91 years ago (1934)
Ground	OPAP Sports Centre
Owner	AEK Athens Football Club
Chairman	Antonis Iliopoulos
General Director	Georgios Georgiadis
Home colours Away colours Third colours

AEK Athletic Club was one of the first Greek clubs to found a youth academy back in 1934, while AEK Athens Football Club have managed them since 1979.

History

Players of AEK's youth academy (1934)

AEK Athletic Club was one of the first Greek clubs to found a youth academy back in 1934.

Famous players have been produced by AEK youth development system over the years.

Some of the most notable include: Tryfon Tzanetis (1933–1950), Kleanthis Maropoulos (1934–1952), Andreas Stamatiadis (1950–1969), Stelios Skevofilakas (1960–1973), Spyros Pomonis (1961–1973), Giorgos Karafeskos (1963–1974), Nikos Karoulias (1973–1974), Spyros Ikonomopoulos (1978–1994), Stelios Manolas (1978–1998), Vangelis Vlachos (1979–1985), Lysandros Georgamlis (1979–1986), Pantelis Konstantinidis (1993–1994), Dionysis Chiotis (1995–1998, 2000–2007), Sokratis Papastathopoulos (2005–2008), Savvas Gentsoglou (2006–2012), Panagiotis Tachtsidis (2007–2010), Kostas Manolas (2009–2012), Victor Klonaridis (2010–2012, 2017–2020) and Konstantinos Galanopoulos (2015–2025).

AEK Athens U19 squad

AEK Athens U19 is the youth team of AEK. They participate in the Super League U19 championship. They play their home games at the OPAP Sports Centre in Spata.

P. ^{^} Players with professional contract.

As of 1 July 2025 ^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   GRE Dimitrios Anargyrou — GK   GRE Grigoris Makris [P] — GK   GRE Konstantinos Ioakimidis — DF   GRE Stavros Psyropoulos — DF   GRE Pantelis Papazisis — DF   GRE Pavlos Tsaramanidis — DF   GRE Vangelis Bariampas — DF   GRE Dimitrios Sellas — DF   GRE Petros Svigos — DF   GRE Spyros Christakopoulos — MF   GRE Alexandros Dani — MF   GRE Georgios Tsiampas

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   GRE Dimos Pontikas — MF   CYP Kyriakos Christodoulou — MF   GRE Theodosis Prekas — MF   GRE Alexandros Elezi — FW   ARG Bautista Álvarez — FW   GRE Aristidis Andrikopoulos — FW   GRE Dimitrios Papazisis — FW   GRE Christos Paleologou — FW   ALB Alexandro Sufka — FW   GRE Grigoris Raptis — FW   USA Thero Mitchell III

• AEK Athens U19 Staff
  • Head coach: Vasilios Vouzas
  • Physical trainer: Angelos Konstantopoulos
  • Goalkeeping coach: Spyros Christopoulos

AEK Athens U17 squad

As of 1 July 2025 ^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   GRE Vasilios Ioannou — GK   GRE Viktoras Moisidis — GK   GRE Giannis Doukas — DF   GRE Stavros Stoumpos — DF   GRE Nikolaos Ligatos — DF   GRE Antonis Arvanitakis — DF   GRE Spyros Tourkochoritis — DF   GRE Alexios Georgiou — DF   GRE Konstantinos Terzopoulos

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   HUN Georgios-Adrian Delaportas — MF   GRE Konstantinos Savvidis — MF   GRE Vasilios Manos — MF   GRE Sotiris Stergiaropoulos — MF   GRE Cooper Andrikopoulos — FW   GRE Stefanos Tsantilas — FW   GRE Ilias Papadimitriou — FW   GRE Leon-Laith Al Nasasibi

• AEK Athens U17 Staff
  • Head coach: Aristotelis Schizas
  • Physical trainer: Iason Psarras
  • Goalkeeping coach: Stelios Skyriotis

Notable players

• 
  Players of the academy of AEK in 1934
• 
  Dionysis Chiotis
• 
  Sokratis Papastathopoulos
• 
  Victor Klonaridis

Notable players coming from the club's youth departments include:

• Dionysis Chiotis
• Taxiarchis Fountas
• Konstantinos Galanopoulos
• Lysandros Georgamlis
• Savvas Gentsoglou
• Victor Klonaridis
• Pantelis Konstantinidis
• Kostas Manolas
• Stelios Manolas
• Kleanthis Maropoulos
• Sokratis Papastathopoulos
• Michalis Pavlis
• Andreas Stamatiadis
• Stelios Skevofilakas
• Panagiotis Tachtsidis
• Tryfon Tzanetis
• Vangelis Vlachos

Personnel

Academies staff

Position	Staff
Management	AEK Athens Football Club
General Director	Georgios Georgiadis
Administrative Director	Nikos Georgeas
Chief Goalkeeping coach	Spyros Christopoulos
Chief Scout	Dimitris Roussos
U19 Head coach	Sofyane Cherfa
U18 Head coach	Theodoros Pallis
U17 Head coach	Aristotelis Schizas
U16 Head coach	Apostolos Tzavellas
U15 Head coach	Stelios Moudanaris
U14 Head coach	Panagiotis Pavlidis
U13 Head coach	Nikos Tzotzios
U12 Head coach	Vasilios Papadimitriou
U10 Head coach	Konstantinos Ladias
Performance analyst	Kyriakos Konstantinidis
Fitness coaches	Angelos Konstantopoulos Georgios Papaleontiou Iason Psaras Angelos Tsenoglou
Goalkeeping coaches	Athanasios Paraschoudis Stelios Skyriotis Georgios Kioupis
Scouts	Christos Kostis Christos Vasilopoulos Vangelis Gavrilis
Doctors	Georgios Dimitriou Andreas Anamorlidis
Physiotherapists	Lefteris Tamvakis Nikos Kalampokas Dionysis Engarchos
Ergophysiologist	Panagiotis Milionis
Secretary	Vasia Papalopoulou
Press Office	Giannis Bilios
Caregivers	Konstantinos Kazianis Konstantinos Makridakis
House keepers	Vaios Toursoun Eleni Toursoun
Travel guide	Georgios Tsoukas

Source:  AEK Athens F.C.

References

1. "U19 < TEAMS - AEK F.C. Official Website". aekfc.gr. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
2. "U17 < TEAMS - AEK F.C. Official Website". aekfc.gr. Retrieved 31 October 2019.

External links

• AEK Academies

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